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Monday, August 10, 2015

I Love To Travel!

Congratulations to "Donna S.", the winner in Monica's giveaway. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Anyone who knows me knows I love to
travel. The anticipation of new sights,
tastes, and adventures lures me in every time. And it doesn't matter where, if
I haven't been there, I want to go. I also want to research it to the extreme.
I'll break out maps, study Google Earth, travel sites, and get all the juicy
info down on paper. Then organize,
categorize, and prioritize. I’d probably color coat it if I could figure out how.
Some say I might be OCD. There’s a high probability that I was a gypsy in a
previous life, or a travel agent. I was
definitely born with a serious case of wanderlust.

It even affects my reading choices.
Romantic suspense tends to top the list and I’m always on the lookout for books
that offer new experiences, exotic locales, or interesting careers. The best
ones do all three. It doesn’t have to be all National Geographic (though I
wouldn’t complain). It can be as small as describing an authentic dish of food,
or go big and show me a cultural wedding ceremony in the Kalahari. As long as
it delivers detailed plots and unique settings, I’m totally on board.

It also turns up in the books I
write. I research way more than ever makes it into the story, which is
fortunate, because who besides me wants to read all that? But I find hidden
gems everywhere. For example, take my debut novel, DIAMOND LEGACY. I saw a newspaper
article about an orangutan at the local zoo that needed a root canal. They had
to fly in a veterinary specialist. I was instantly hooked. What if I had a
heroine who’s a zoo dentist? She’d journey everywhere, clean elephant teeth,
and match wits with wild predators. What a fascinating job! The travel, the
excitement, the cool safari clothes! The research began and I quickly realized
I had to write it.

So admit it…you’re curious too,
right? If you'd like to know what kind of trouble a zoo dentist finds when she
flies to Botswana to give a rare albino hippo a root canal…then read on.

DIAMOND
LEGACY

Africa-where diamonds are the currency of
the weapons trade, and trust is the only option between two strangers...

Miranda Parrish is a world-renowned veterinarian specialist with expertise in
endangered species. She's fearless and will go anywhere an animal is in need.
But when she journeys to Katanga, an animal sanctuary in the heart of Botswana,
she lands in the middle of a blood diamond smuggling operation. And there's
only one man who can help her.

Special agent, Matt Bennett's parents were murdered by a ruthless arms dealer
when he was fourteen. He's devoted his life to avenging their deaths and ending
the cycle of violence threatening southern Africa. Undercover at Katanga, he
clashes with Miranda. He's never met a woman so stubborn, who'll let nothing
stand in the way of what she believes in. But he'll let no one come
between him and the vengeance he craves.

Matt and Miranda must learn to work together if they want to save Katanga,
and both of their lives, before it's too late.

Share a unique career field that
would make for an interesting suspense novel and you’ll be entered to win a
signed copy of DIAMOND LEGACY.

Giveaway ends 11:59pm EST Aug 11th. Please supply your email in the post. You may use spaces or full text for security. (ex. jsmith at gmail dot com) If you do not wish to supply your email, or have trouble posting, please email maureen@justromanticsuspense.com with a subject title of JRS GIVEAWAY to be entered in the current giveaway.

Any job in the cyber world would be fascinating! There's probably no limit to the plot lines one could hatch up. I have a relative who works as an investigator in computer hacking on a grand scale. Some of his stories are freaky scary.

Great question. How's about a biblical archaeologist? They recover and investigate the material remains of past cultures that can illuminate the periods and descriptions in the Bible. (Wikipedia definition.) I would think that could lead to all kinds of adventure and mayhem.

Note: To get ideas for this post I searched the internet and found this website with tons of ideas and links for adventure jobs. http://www.lookingforadventure.com/adventurejobs.htm

Thank you Monica for the giveaway. Whether I win or not, your book has been added to my "To Be Read" list.

Great ideas! Near where I live is the Hohenwald Elephant Sanctuary. It's not open to the public, but they have elle-cams. You can watch the elephants move around the grounds and interact. It's wonderful. How about a research assistant at an elephant sanctuary? That's sort of like DIAMOND LEGACY. It features diamond smuggling at an animal preserve in Africa.

And what a great website - adventure jobs! How cool. I'll be adding that to my list of research sites. Thanks!

My hubby is a geologist! He gets in trouble all the time. LOL. And I've sort of used a librarian in my next yet to be released book, Emerald Fire. She's a historian and in this instance, that's a pretty close. =)

Professional gamer has real possibility too. Reminds me of the Sandra Bullock movie...The Net. Wow, that was suspenseful!

Peace Corps volunteer. They are often in out of the way places. I had communist guerrillas moving through the eastern part of the area I served. The government was moving troops with artillery through the town and an ROTC type group was stationed at the local high school. They would noisily march through town at 5:30 or so and stop in front of the house where I was living, just standing there and looking at the house for 5 or 10 minutes. Not good way to evacuate if there was a problem. Of course, the tarantula sized spiders and 6 inch flying cockroaches were a problem the whole time.

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